Hammock-chair



(No Model.)

B. BILLEAUX. HAMMOOK CHAIR.

Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH BILLEAUX, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAM MOCK-CHAI R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,492, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed July 21, 1890.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH BILLEAUX, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Hammock -Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hammocks, audits object is to so construct a hammock that by adding aseat and foot-rest suitably constructed and readjusting its supportingcords it may be easily converted into a reclining-chair. I also use a spiral spring in connection with its support.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my hammock-chair shown in a position to be used as a hammock only. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in position to be used as a reclining-chair. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the cords so crossed and secured at one end as to convert thehammook into a chair. Fig. 4 is a detail plan section showing the seat and foot-rest. Fig. 5 is a detail section showing how the side and end holes are secured to each other.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

10 is the body of the hammock. This is preferably made of strong canvas or muslin. It is secured along its sides to the poles 11 11. It is made somewhat wider at the end designed for the seat than at the other end. In the ends of the poles 11 11 the pins 12 are fixed. The end poles 13 13 have the sockets 1 1 made near their ends for the insertion of the pins 12. The end poles are made of a length somewhat less than the width of the body 10.

15 15 and 16 16 are sections of the two cords used to support the haininoclechair. These cords are respectively passed through the cor= responding ends of the poles 13 and knotted on the side of the poles opposite from the ends of the cords a distance apart equal to the length of thehammock-ehair. The cords at their ends are secured to the ring 17 18 is a spiral spring connecting the ring 17 with whatever the hammock may be hung upon.

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19 is the seat of the chair, 20 its foot-rest,

and 21 the framework connecting the formerwith the latter by means of the hinges 22 22 and 23 23. Notches 2a are formed in the rear edges of the seat to fit upon the poles 11 11. On the sections 15 15 of the cords double hooks 25 25 are placed.

The device is prepared for use as a hammock by inserting the pins 12 in the sockets 14c and the hook at one end of the spiral in the ring 17. The other end of the spring may then be secured to any suitable support. Thus constructed and supported theham mock will furnish a resting place that will sustain with well-distributed pressure each part of the occupants body, and will yield with pleasant elasticity to his every movement.

To use the device as a reclining-chair, fasten each of the hooks 25 to its opposite cord under the knot 26 in said cords, place the seat in the opposite end of the hammock, and let the foot-rest drop down over that end. The hammock-body having been made wider at this end than at the other, as stated above, and the end poles being equal to each other in length, space is thus provided to receive the seat 19 and the person of the occupant in a sitting posture.

The hammock-body is preferably made of strong muslin or canvas, as above stated; but of course netting or other suitable material may be used.

It is obvious from the above description that the side and end poles may be separated, the seat removed and folded up by means of its hinges, the spiral springs detached, and the whole be tied together in a bundle convenient for carrying.

I am aware that other hammock-chairs have been invented, and I therefore do not claim such invention, broadly; but

lVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a hammock-chair, the combination of side poles having pins fixed in their ends, end poles having holes through them for the supporting-cords, and sockets to receive said pins, a hammockbod y made Wider at one end than at the other and secured along its sides to the side poles, cords passing through said holes,

being knotted under the poles and being seby a frameork hinged to seat and foot-rest, cured above to the ring 17, hooks on the upas and for the purpose stated. per sections of the cords nextto the narrower end of the hmnmock-body, a seat formed to RUDOLPH BILLEAUX' fit upon the side poles and. to rest against the Witnesses: end pole at the Wider end of the hamlnock- W. J. VVATTS,

body, and a foot-rest connected with the seat E. C. CRAWFORD. 

